What?? Have I had a website this whole time? For reals? That’s insane. And you’re reading this? Aren’t you already my Facebook fan? Well I guess I might as well post something.
So you know how I make raps? Well I made a new one for my buddy Mustin’s new EP called Vision Quest. That’s right. A new song. Because it’s been about 845762 years since Rolling Doubles came out, and I’m convinced most think that I’m dead. Not the case. As proof I again point you towards Vision Quest, which is the host of my track “You’ll Never Get Away With This.” That song is fire. No doubt about it. The rest of the EP is sick and ill and “illick” as well. The best part is that if you buy the album, Mustin will be able to get his eyes checked up and get some much needed contacts. As readers of my site I know you are good people, so why not help out a good cause and get some cool new music while you’re at it? I dare say it makes almost too much sense. As you should know, Mustin handles a big part of the production on With Sprinkles, so think of this entire EP as an auditory sample of things to come!
Speaking of new songs featuring Beefy…
Have you guys heard Zero Day yet? For the three of you that said “No” with the undeniable sense of shame in your voice, then I will go ahead and point you in the direction you should follow. The album is Front’s latest, and arguably his greatest. I’m in love with it, and not just because me and Schaffer do a guest spot (that fact merely increased my love) and based on twitter action I’d say most people feel the same way. My favorite tracks include First World Problem, Charisma Potion, A Little Bit Broad, and the Painstakingly Concealed Secret Track which involved no small amount of 1337 hax0ring and genius intellect to draw out of hiding. Also, let’s not forget about the title track, which features my boys YTCracker and int80 of Dual Core. From now on, when someone asks me “what’s nerdcore” I’ll just play this song. It about sums it all up. Plus it’s a banger. Done and done. Buy it. Now. What’s wrong with you?
In closing, be sure to check out my YouTube for some recent activity. Also check out the latest from JALP and prepare thyself for a change of pace coming tomorrow. Also go get Kirby Krackle’s new album! I’m going to do a proper write up about them later, but in the meantime please read Z’s.
<3
-beef
Frontalot is on tour with the whole darn band! See them. There may be even more posted soon on the gig calendar.
- 3/30 – Camden NJ (at Rutgers) early & FREE
- 4/1 – Baltimore (Canceled – SO SORRY!)
- 4/3 – Asheville NC – Late show!
- 4/5 – Chapel Hill NC – All Ages
- 4/8 – Charlotte NC – 18+
- 4/9 to 4/11 – Atlanta (date TBA)
- 4/12 – Athens – 18 and up
- 4/13 – Gainesville FL – All Ages
- 4/14 – Jacksonville FL – All Ages
- 4/17 – Austin TX – 18+
- 4/18 – Dallas TX (venue may change!)
- 4/19 – Oklahoma City
- 4/20 – Little Rock AR
- 4/22 – Hot Springs AR
- 4/23 – Fayetteville AR
- 4/25 – Denver CO
- 5/4 – San Francisco
- 5/5 – Los Angeles (tentative)
- 5/8 – Seattle
- 5/10 – Portland OR
- 5/13 – Rock Island IL
- 5/14 – Grand Rapids -or- Minneapolis
- 5/15 – Chicago
- 5/16 – DeKalb
- 5/17 – Madison
- 5/18 – Cleveland
- 5/19 – Pittsburgh
Wowsers, look at all those tour dates?
Big triangular play button, upper left? Hit that and enjoy the dulcet tones of Mike Doughty (guest starring on Front’s new album) while you read about the tour:
The tour!? Indeed. It launches this weekend at EPAX, and continues as follows:
- 3/30 – Camden NJ (at Rutgers) early & FREE
- 4/1 – Baltimore (tentative)
- 4/3 – Asheville NC – Late show!
- 4/5 – Chapel Hill NC – All Ages
- 4/8 – Charlotte NC – 18+
- 4/9 to 4/12 – Atlanta (date TBA)
- 4/13 – Gainesville FL – All Ages
- 4/14 – Jacksonville FL – All Ages
- 4/17 – Austin TX – 18+
- 4/18 – Dallas TX
- 4/20 – Little Rock AR
- 4/23 – Fayetteville AR
- 4/25 – Denver CO
There’s details on the calendar, though we hope you will forgive us if we update the showtimes as we go along (a number of them are guesses). Also! There’s a a whole return leg on the west coast and through the midwest throughout May, which we’ll be announcing extra soon. Who wants to be on a street team? Drop us a note.
It struck me between classes today that this time last year, I was just beginning to work for my friend Charlie at his now semi-defunct company. I was busy trying to sort through documentation that ultimately would be superseded by Motorola’s version of the Android dev environment where much of the code I was looking for was pre-built and better explained.
Anyways, that then made me realize the last time I had been in school in the spring was in 2006, and the last time I had a full time course load was spring 2005. Reflecting back on it, it’s beyond me how I managed to drag out getting back to school for so long. I guess there was always another little fire to put out or moment of poor planning that cost me time, but at the same time, I could have finished an entire 4-year from scratch if I’d just gone for it then. That’s not even taking into account trying to get into a real university right out of high school. If I’d done that, I’d have been square even sooner.
At the same time though, I think my weird journey forward afforded me a much broader range of experiences than I would have had otherwise, and I’m glad to have had the chance to try on those outfits. I may have only “cosplayed” as a journalist, start-up developer and most tellingly of all, a professional musician, but I think I had to try these things on first.
Hello! MC Frontalot here. I always write the news, but today I’m doing it without referring to myself in the third person like a dick.
I just wanted to tell you that my new album Zero Day is coming out April 6th. If you order it right now you can download it right now (and get the CD in the mail in April). You can even download the 24-bit FLAC, which has what we in the biz call "fancier sound quality" than that of the CD version.
So check out what’s what on the Zero Day album page. There are song snippets and album credits and a free download of the first single Your Friend Wil. I and my many extremely talented collaborators worked super hard on this album, and we all hope you like it.
I will say lots of additional things about the thing very soon, right here! But I will go back to doing it in 3rd (aka "the dickth") person because: this is a news post, not a motherfucking blog, and I have got lots of journalistic integrity.
Cheers!
mcf
PS I am at south by southwest all week, and you can follow my adventures on the bird-themed chatter output service.
